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A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF POLITICS, LITERATURE AND NEWS.

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Chis is true Liberty, when Free-born Men, having to advise the Public, man speak free——curiies.

[EDITOR axp PUBLISHER.

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1856. _

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No. 48.

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Oe rrr, MY LADY WATTS FOR ME Suggested by a Popular German Melody. BY GEORGE P. MORRIs.

My lady waits '!—"Tis now the hour When morn unbars her gates !—*

My vessel glides beneath the tower Where now my lady waits,

Het signal flutters from the wall, Above the friendly sea !

1 live bat to obey her call! My lady waits for me.

My lady waits—for me she waits,

W hile morning opes her golden gates.

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My lady waits '!—No fair flower E’er decked the floral grove,

Than she, the pride of hall and bower, The lady of my love!

The eastern hills are flecked with light, The land-breeze curls the sea !

By love and trath sustained, ber flizht, My lady waits for me.

My lady waits—for me she waits,

W hile morning opes her golden gates.

— flome Jou: nal,

A CHILD'S BURIAL.

Fall rell’d the living tide through street and alley, Earth's eager passion printed on each face ; r

As from their busy dwellings forth they sally— A moving mass—and find no resting-} lace ;

But ever onward go, while black and grim,

The smoke wreathes apward froma the factories dim,

{ pwards, unheeded, puints edeh eross-crowned steeple, Like shrouded spirit clad in mantle gray ;

The world-god reigns supreme, and these, his people, Each for himself presses his onward wiey ;

Not hears, when strangely on the startled air

Tae deep bolls chant alyad as if in prayer

Amid the growing din; amid the fever, That thus uprose unte God's Throne on high ;

"Mid sounds of strife and laughter shrill, that ever Float through the air in jest and mockery ;

While stronger, fiereer thronged the growing tide And life was at its height—a baby died ;

Pied ; and by white-robed seraphim was carried Ou through the parted rosy-tinted clouds,

With rapturous upward flight, that never tarried Till, past the misty veil that cer enshrouds

The earth, ixrested in the happy place

Where the AIl [oly shows his unveiled faee.

NOW!

Arise! for the day is passing W hile you lie dreaming on;

Your brothers are cased in armour, And forth to the fight are gone ; Your place in the ranks awaits you ; Rach man has a part to play : The past and the future are nothing In the face of the stern to-day.

Arise from your dreams of the future— Of gaining a hard-fought fiche

Of storming the airy fortress, Of bidding the giant yield ;

Your future deeds of glory, Of honor, (God grant it may !)

But your arm will never be stronger, Or necded as now—to-day.

Arise! If the past detains you, Her sunshine and storm forget ; No chains so worthy to hold you As those of a vain regret ; Sul or bright, she is lifeless ever ; Cast her phantom arms awity, Nor look back, save to learn the lesson Of a nobler strife to-day.

Arise! for the hour is passing ; The sound that you dimly hear, Is your enemy marching to battle ; Rise! rise! for the foe is near! Stay not to sharpen your Weapons, Or the hour will strike at last, And from dreams of a coming battle, You will awaken and find it past.

Gleanings from late Wapers.

THE WAR AND THE TREATY OF PEACE.

The New York Jerald gives the following resume of the cause and object of the late war with Russia, and the results to which it has led, which places the whole matter before the reader in a very correct and intelligible light :—

The war began, as every one knows, with Russia’s attempt to exact and exercise a protectorate over the Christian sab: Jeets of the Porte, and to interfere with the government of the Danubian Principalities. On one side, the Czar demanded that the Porte should grant to him a right to interfere in Tur- key, and see to the proper and thorough execution ef the fir- mans by which the Sultan promised liberty of conscience to the Christians; and on another, the Czar required that the arranangements effected by the treaties of 1829 and 1842 for the government of Moldavia and Wallachiashould be modified 80 as to detach them from Turkey and attach them to Russia. Both of these demands were declined by the Sultan; and on the issues thus raised the war began.

After two years’ fighting, where do we stand? Russia has withdrawn both her claims. The Christian subjects of Tur-

*y are not placed under the protection of Russia. Their natural sovereign still exercises plenary dominion over them. The great Powers—that is to say, Russia, England, France, Austria and Prussia—are entitled to complain formally to the bultan, if the firmans regarding the Christians are not carried outin good faith; but they are not entitled to interfere. meer therefore, has completely carried her point on this

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As to the Principalities, the trea expressly re-affirms her foversignty over teat. By the it neha” cesta rights ‘mounting to a quasi protectorate, in relation to the selection of the _hospodars, were secured to Russia; by this treaty those rights are tacitly done away with. The Principalities = to be self-governing States, under the sovereignty of the Forte. They are to choose a form of government for them- selves ; tO maintain a militia, and to erect forts. Turkey is “ot to iutestere with them with force of arms without the

| Baitie, a seeret convention has regulates + Phat convention probably relates to their being neutralized, j} and to Russia's bargain not to re-fortify them, and has been _kept seeret in order to spare the pride of the Emperor.

| consent of the contracting Powers. On this head, then, Tur- key has obtained even more than she had before the war. But this is not all. At the time the war broke out, Russia | possessed on the Black Sea the finest seaport in the world, | Sebastopol ; many strong forts, such a& Kinburn, Kertch, and the fort at the Kilia mouth of the Danube ; a splendid fleet in first rate order and discipline ; and the sole right in common with Turkey, of navigating the Black Sea—this latter right | *mounting in fact to a monoply of that Sea, as the Turks | have never had a decent fleet since Nayarine. The peace finds the Russian fleet sunk, and the wonderful docks of Sebastopol destroyed. By the treaty Russia agrees not io fortify or re- tain fortified any strong place on the Black Sea; thus giving up the line of strong furts southwest of the Caucasian range

j from Mamai to Anapa, the works on the strait of Kerteh,

| Kaffa, Sebastopol, Perekop, Kherson, the works at the mouth }of the Dneister, and those at the Kilia mouth of the Danube ; ' whether Nicolaieff is included is not certain, but it probably (is, as its retentiun would be in violation of the spirit of the itreaty. Furthermore, she consents not to rebuild the fleet she |} has lost. She gives up her individual right to the Black Sea. That magnificent sheet of water is henceforth to belong

to the world. Russia and Turkey are each to maintain a few | coasting vessels, equal in number on either side, for the revenue pservice. Each of the great Powers is to maintain two armed ‘vessels at the mouth of the Danube ; except these, no vessel is _to be built on or to enter the Black Sea except for purposes of | trade. So much for the sea. On land, Russia, like the Allies, re- | stores what she took. But she yields, without compensation, the southerly portion of Bessarabia, so that she cuts herself off

| from the Danube, The territory taken is given to Moldavia, } which thus comes into possession of both shores of one of the

| finest rivers in the world; and will, if fortune favor her, jaud her people be industrious, become, in the next hundred

/yvears, one of the leading Powers of vw Finally, in the ” the Aland Isles.

Such, then, are the net results of the war. It is impossible even to glance at them without being forced to the conclusion that Russia over-estimated her own strength, and undervalued | her enemies when she commenced hostilities ; for so far as a , nation ean be made to feel that she has been beaten, without (being positively humiliated, she must feel to-day. From

| whatever cause the result arises—whether Austria failed in | her engagements to the late Emperor, or the financial diffi-

culties of the war became insuperable, or a general European coalition warned Russia thst she must yield while fair terms

could yet be offered her, oz the military and naval prepara-

' tions of the Allies betokened a prosecution of the struggle on a scale which the empire felt incapable of coping with. or whether any or all of these causes co-operated to produce the )result—that result is not the less plain and obvious. Russia has committed the fault of the century ; and it has been fol- lowed by the appropriate penalty. : —_—_—"—"—— + mee

DINNER AT THE MANSION-HOUSKE, LONDON, TO HER MAJESTY’S MINISTERS.

The Lord Mayor gave a grand banquet on Wednesday, in the Mansion-tlouse, in honour of her Majesty’s Ministers. Asan indication that the banquet was designed to celebrate the re-establishment of Peace, the Russian flag was raised amongst the banners that decorated the hall. The beaiths of “The Queen and Royal Family’? having been given and re- sponded to, the Lord Mayor proposed the bealths of the Emperor and Empresa of the French.—Count Persigny, in returning thanks, expressed his hvpe that the aliiance entered into between France and England during a period of war, would be continued in time of peace ; that, through its instrumen- tality, the commercial interests of both countries would be advanced, and that it weuld also, in union with other nations, be made the basis for the improvement generally of interna- tional relations, and the promotion of the prosperity of Europe. —The Lord Mayor gave the healths of ‘* Lord Palmerston, and her Majesty’s Muinisters.’—Viscount Palmerston § returned thanks: The task which the Government had to perform in the conduct of the war was comparatively easy, in consequence ‘of the noble spirit, determination and manly energy displayed ,by the people. [t was not necessary to stimulate the courage 1 ome was already boiling over in their hearts ; the Government had only to accept the means that were cheerfully and plenti- i fully placed at tueir disposal ; and they would be unworthy of the position they occupied, if they were unable to direct these meaus to the accomplishment of a successful issue (hear, hear). | Though that Peace was not attended by the acquisition of ; conquered territories, or by the contributions levied upon a | vanquished enemy, the Government believed that the more the conditions of the Peace were looked into, the more they would be approved of (cheers). While they looked back to the war with pride and satisfaction, they might, on the other hand, look forward to the Peace with confidence as regards the future. They had heard the noble and enlightened sentiments which the ambassador of France had expressed, not only on his own behalf, but on behalf ofthe great sovereign which he so worthily represents in this country ; and the knowledge that these were the principles by which that great sovereign will govern his conduct must inspire them with still greater confidence in the duration of a Peace so satisfactorily concluded (cheers). —The Lord Mayor gave the health of Lord Ciarendon.—The Ear] of Clarendon expressed his thanks. The honour was the more gratifying, because it afforded the ground for assuming that they thereby put the stamp of approval ou the treaty ; that they considered the honour of England was not tarnishec, and that an honourab’e Peace had been accomplished (cheers). It had been truly said that the Peace was not received with any signs of exuberant exultation, but he felt assured that when the grounds on which it was made were fully known, the sound, practical common sense of the English people would enable them to perceive that the objects of the war had been gained, andthat the national honour of England had been vindicated (hear, hear). He begged, before concluding, to read for the company the following Jetter which he had that day received from General Williams :—‘I have told your lordship of General Mouravieff’s kindness to myself and party ; but his humane and benevolent treatment of the poor famished garrison at Kars has won for him the respect of the civilised world, and must tend to lessen, if not to eradicate, the ani- mosity which, for more than & century, has existed between the Russian and ‘Turk, especially on the part of the latter.” The reading of the letter was followed by loud cheers, amidst which the noble earl expressed his conviction that they were entering upon a state of peace under the most happy auspices. — The other speeches were of the usual routine character, and the company retired at ten o'clock.

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ENGLISH AND RUSSIANS VISITING THE BATTLE- FIELD OF INKERMANN.

The strange feeling caused by the appearance of the Rus- sians in our camps is now beginning to wear off, and the | large forage cap and grey coat, or green tunis, is to be met everywhere. Jt is most remarkable and interesting to see, Russian and English soldiers mixing together on the famous ground of Inkermann, both wearing their medals, which are

the subject. Perhaps it is as well that the insurmountable obstacle of different languages prevents the particular opinions entertained being made known to each other. The country where the great fight took place must appear much | altered to those who have not visited it since the Sth November,

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time, a particle left of the dense oak bush-wood with whieh | Tue Lare Duke or Norrorxk.—In a communication it was then covered. Huge mounds there now are which | addressed to the Cork Examiner the hon. member for Dungar-

mark the spots where hundreds of those who fell in the fear-

ful struggle are buried, some of which are now being walled | up, or planted with evergreens, and some fair attempts at) monuments are also to be found; but for such evidence, itis,

von states that the Duke of Norfolk « was restered on bis death-bed, and in his last moments, to that fold which ke scandalized by his temporary apostacy.” And it is further

almost possible, whilst looking at those with whom, until so | stated that from the Rev. Mr. Tierney, the Catholie pastor

lately we associated only ideas of strife, and standing on ground that could never be visited without danger of round- shot or shell from thénow silent and shattered Sebastopol, to believe the whole siege a dream.

—_ > THE LUNCHEON IN THE RUSSIAN GENERAL’S TENT. The moment the Cossacks had gone by the four Com- manders-in-chief rode to the marquee elose.by to take lun- cheon, and as by this time (2.45), the review having lasted fifty minutes, they had been nearly four hours on dusty ground, a glass of champagne was most refreshing. Wit- nessing this curious scene L noticed two Russian ladies in a carriage, one English lady, Mrs. Brine, on horseback, Sir Colin Campbell, Lord William Paulet, Generals Garrett, Barnard and Cameron, several staff, infantry and artillery officers, and rather a large number of Highlanders. The moment the Commanders-in-chief had entered the marquee, a crowd of Russian soldiers and mounted officers gathered round to listen to the three Russian bands, cach about sixty strong, which played admirably, and look on at some dances got up by four Russian soldiers—a clarionet, tambourine, and pair of eymbals being the orchestra. One of the four, a Cossack, stood beautifully on his head, the others dancing round him. This feat was repeated twice after luncheon, before Sir William Codrington. Inside the marquee, about 48 feet long by 15, which was white-tipped with green, there were three tables—two rectanguiar ones, and between them, in the centre, a small horseshoe table. At the centre of this table sat Gen. Luders, having on his left Marshal Pelissier, and on his right Gen. LaMarmora. Next to Marshak Pelis- sier sat Gen. Codrington. At the two other tables there sat Gen. Windham, Sir Hugh Rose, and all the staff. Sir Colin was asked in, but as he had come to the review un- invited he declined, until at a later time he was again sent for —when he made his appearance, apparently much to the de- light of General Luders. The marquee was lined with crimson ; in the centre, round the pole, were bright-barrelled muskets, which the Russians always have. At one end was a shield, made out of swords. with the spread eagle in the centre; and at the other end a similar shield, made out of bayonets. The tables were made of deal planks, covered with a white table-cloth. There were no chairs or benches, only camp stools. As the different toasts were drunk, the bands outside played suitable airs; but it always struck me that the soldiers cheered at the wrong time, although their guides were four fellows placed close to the mouth of the tent. All the eatables and drinkables came from Raktchi-Serai, where Gen. Luders lives, and also the servants, who were blank coats and white waisteoats. Marshal Pelissier, in proposing the Em- peror Alexander's health, alluded to the brave armics that were enemies but are now friends. Two different kinds of bread were on the table—the black ration bread and the white bread, like cake. After the company had risen, cigars were handed round, and several officers who had been partaking of a capital luncheon just outside, at the end of the marquee, from the remains, together with others, were invited in. It was close upon 5 when General Luders and Marshal Pelissier, who was smoking, led, followed by General La Marmora, Sir Hugh Rose, General Windham, &e.; Sir William Codrington and his aides-de-camps keeping in rear amongst the escort, which was the same returning as in coming.

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SOLDIERS’ RIOTS IN THE CRIMEA.

The Presse d’ Orient contains the following :—‘‘ The day before the Thabor left the Crimea, an unfortunate cireum- stance occurred at the point of the bay where there was a closed barrier guarded by a French post of-four men and a corporal. Some Englishmen introduced themselves into the battery to steal some fowls, according to the account of the sentinel, but aceording to their own account, to kill rats. The sertinel ordered them off, and threatened to fire if they did not obey. They went away, but in a quarter of an hour returned with a reinforcement, and seemed inelined to force an entrance. The sentinel fired, but in a manner so as not to injure them. They deeamped, and the post thought they had finally departed, when some time after about thirty English, some of them on horseback, returned, when the French fired and knocked over two of the party. Fortunately, an officer of the Didon came down to the spot with some men, and persuaded the English, who said they had enbky-come to explain matters to the sentinel, to retire.”*

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ARMENTA.

Of Armenia, the late talked of theatre of the Asiatie war, the Augsburg Gazette gives a graphic geographical sketch, from which we quote :

“In Armenia, the‘ lofty aerial island of mountains,’ that ‘great natural stronghold,’ and ‘ fastness of nations,’ as the renowned geographer Ritter so aptly terms this highland, army movements are only possible from the beginning of June to the end of September. The Greeks of Xenophon, the Romans of Trajan, and more recently the Persians, under their great conquerer, Nadir Shah, learnt by sufferings and bitter experience to know what immense difhiculties oppose military

rogress there during any other season of the year. The Pecsias soldiers became inwardly chilled by drinking-the ice cold water, and the Greeks with their ieee waded through snow six feet indepth. They had ample cause for their joy- ous shouts when they caught sight of the green and gentle Euxine shore while they were descending tie frightful winding vaths from the Armemian highland above. At that time they

ad no correct idea respecting the elevation of Armenia, and the influence produced on temperature and climate, even in southern regions, by variation of altitude. ‘The Romans com- ing as they did from the genial Pontae coast, and the remains of the ten thousand coming from Messupotamia, were astonished at the extreme inclemency of the Armenian atmosphere.

‘* The influence over the world which has been exercised by the whole of the Armenian highlands by the relations of the east to the west, has been dwelt upon by Ritter, in the older edition of his celebrated work. dle calls it the ‘natural boundary stone of nations and empires,’ and, when alluding to the Roman Byzantine (now the Turkish empire), ‘ the natural great frontier fortress against Iran.’ The Armenian net of mountains is for the nations issuing frem the East, according to an Oriental expression, * the breast to be captured ;’ for the kingdoms in the west, however, who have to maintain and de- fend their independence, ‘ the sword to be brandished.” When the great geographer at that period penned these remarks about the importance to the whole world of the Armenian highlands a great part of it was still geographically unknown. Respecting the country in which the sources of the Araxes rise, our knowledge was limited to the scanty information sup- plied by Xenophon. The entire south-eastern pomt of the Armenian triangle, as far as Xenophon’s defile (the mountain rampart of the Kurds), including the large Alpine lakes of

carefully pulled about by both parties in the same friendly | Van and Urmia, was still a terra incognita for us. Since then manner, and with a great desire to communicate freely on | the geographical darkness has been greatly cleared up.”’

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A company, on a very large scale, for promoting the

working of mineralsin France, is in course of formation. It is to be under French, English, and Belgian directors, and

1854, the ground not haying had for a yery considerable. to be called the Credit Hou-Houillier et Matallurgique.

of Arundel, the duke received the sacrament of extreme une- tion, in the presence of the Karl of Surrey and Lord Edward HToward. The remains of the late duke were consigned to the family vault of the Howards, in the private chapel attached to the parish church of Arundel, on Tuesday morning. The funeral was of a simple character, the mourners following the corpse on foot from the castle to the church ; but the presence of a large body of the tenantry, coupled with the members of the corporation, and indeed the whole population of the borough, combined to give the ceremony au imposing cfiect.

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Tue Russtan Brack Sea Freer.—The Russian Military Gazette coutains some statistics relative to the ex-Black Sea fleet, which are so fur interesting that they show its amount when the war commenced. The following are extracts :— Three-deckers, of from 110 to 120 guns, 4; liners, of from 80 to 100 guns, 14, including two reserves; in all, 18 ships of the line, bearing 1628 guns, Frigates, of from 52 to 56 guns, 12; sailing vessels, of from 6 to 10 guns, 40; steam frigates and corvettes, provided with mortar guns, 15 ; giving a total of 85 sail, carring 2800 guns. How many of these remain, the fish of Sebastopol-and the sea of Azoff can best caleulate. The journal adds that, with the exception of 11 vessels at Odessa, some 20 at Nicolaieff and Cherson, and about 30 that have taken refuge up the Don, the whole Russian mercantile navy, consisting of several hundred-sail, have been destroyed in the Sea of Avoff.

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Tur Daxisn Successtowe.—A “ copy of the protocol of Warsaw, relative to the Danish succession, and of the renewal of that document by Russia in 1852,” has just been printed by order of the House of Commons. This document states that on the extinction of the male line now reigning in Denmark, the rights of inheritanee will devolve upon Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, and his male heirs, in whose favour the then Emperor of Russia (Nicholas) agreed to renounce his righits,

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Mostc amone Tne Turks.— A Constantimople correspondent writes, on the 14th ult.:—“ M. Donizetti, brother -of the celebrated composer, died at his house in Pera on Saturday last, after a long and painful illness, Tle was generally esteemed and respected by all classes, and displayed great skill and ingenuity in traming the Turks and forming their military bands, which have now attained to considerable proficiency in the musical art. He had amassed a large

.| fortune, and had been pensioned off by the Sultan a short time

before his death, with the rank of Pacha.”

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Tur Navicarion or tHE Daxune.—Several attempts have been-made to blast the rocks in the bed of the Danube, at the so-called “ Iron Gate ;” but there is reason to fear that the operations of the engineers have not been attended with any great success. Major Derwent, of the Engineers, has been sent to examine the Sulina mouth.of the Danube, and he is believed to have received orders to draw up a plan for the removal of the sand. The navigation of the Upper Danube has undergone a great improvement, for in future the Bavarian steamers will transport goods direct to Vienna aud Pesth, and the-vessels of the Austrian Steam Company will'take wares on to Passau, Ratisbon, &e. -In short, there will be no relading, as has hitherto been the case.—Vicnna correspondent of the Times.

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Mysrertous Mvaver 1x Bretourm.—The passengers whe arrived at Maestricht on the evening of the 2nd from Liege by the boat brought the news of a dreadful crime. When the boat had reached within two leagues of Liege, they perceived on the bank a human body dreadfally mutilated, without either head or hands, leaning against a post. The body was quite naked, and, after a short search, the head was fonnd in a ditch, not far from the spot where the body was to beseen. The features were disfigured, as if to prevent the possibility of recognition. The body was tied to the post by a-cravat round the neck. As the body was certainly not there in the morning, the inferenee is that it must have been brought to the spot in the course of theday. An investigation has been commenced into this mysterious affair.

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Aw Inpatient Wipow.—The Durham Chronicle has the following :—* The marriage of the Dowager-Marchioness of Townshend, aged 70, immediately on the death of her husband, to Mr. J. Laidier, of Fenton, near Wooler, we named a fortnight ago. The ‘ courtship’ is a rather romantic affair. Laidler is about 40 years of age, was employed in a linen draper's establishment at the West End, where he attracted

‘the attention of the old Dowager-Marchioness, so much se

that in her matters of business she would not be attended te by any other assistant, or even by the principal himself. Nor would she allow any one to bring her purchases to her ladyship’s residence but Mr. Laidter. Qn the death of her husband she made him an offer of her hand, which he promptly accepted.”

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Furtrsern Desrevorion oF Pirate Junxs mm Cuina.-- Her Majesty’s steamer Barracouta, Captain Fortescue, arrived here on Wednesday afternoon from Ningpo, which she left on Tuesday last. On her passage she encountered two large west coast pirate junks, which she chased and ran ashore on the Volcanoes, when their-crews landed and escaped among those rocky islets, Captain Fortescue deeming it not worth while te land his men in quest of the pirates. He sank the two large junks and some smaller ones, carrying six to eight guns each. The men on board are said to have been gaily dressed in blue silk, and any quantity of red turbans was discovered on board, Just prior to their being sighted they had captured a large trading junk, Jaden with rice, &c., and plundered it. The Confucius steamer took part in the attack, and rendered efficient aid in destroying the five junks. ‘The steamer has brought up 11 mento Shanghai, taken out of another pirate junk off the Chusan group, who have been handed over to the Chinese authorities. — North China Herald,

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Snip Trweer.—It is mentioned as a singular fact that ship timber is being sent from New York to the eastward to build vessels, many of which will hereafter be owned andemployed in that city. One firm has sent seven cargoes to the port of Kennebunk, Me., within a short time, and is supplying timber for the construction of about a dozen ships. The supplies are obtained from extensive forests in Ohio, Canada, and

Western New York.

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